This is the information page about the shipwreck El argentino, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.551 N,1 47.272 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bovey tracy
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Cormorant
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Gulf breaker
56. H h petersen
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Hillglen
60. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms christopher (possibly)
63. Hms condor (probably)
64. Hms donside (possibly)
65. Hms eros (possibly)
66. Hms evesham (possibly)
67. Hms exmoor
68. Hms fontenoy
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms hirose (probably)
71. Hms holdene
72. Hms jessie nutten
73. Hms kaphreda
74. Hms ludlow
75. Hms monarch
76. Hms moravia (possibly)
77. Hms nadine
78. Hms new comet (possibly)
79. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
80. Hms orthos (probably)
81. Hms pelton (probably)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms speeton (possibly)
86. Hms spider
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tugela
90. Hms waveflower
91. Hms whooper
92. Hornchurch
93. Ignis (possibly)
94. Impulsion
95. J c dalble
96. Jamesina
97. Jim
98. Kenneth hawksfield
99. Knarsdale
100. Kwasind
101. Lapwing
102. Lincairn (possibly)
103. Lingfield
104. Lisette
105. Lonhelen (possibly)
106. Lord bute
107. Magdapur
108. Mangara
109. Mardyke
110. Maria rosa
111. Marianne (probably)
112. Mascota (possibly)
113. Mascotte
114. Memento (possibly)
115. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
116. Mercurius
117. Mexico
118. Mirella
119. Moidart
120. Mudo
121. Nadir
122. Nereus
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Nominoe
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Polgarth
135. Ren
136. Reward (possibly)
137. Rhenas (possibly)
138. Rhineland
139. Robin iv
140. Rochester city
141. Rogate
142. Roxanna
143. Savona (probably)
144. Scimitar
145. Scotia
146. Sea rhine
147. Silksworth hall (probably).
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Stad alkmaar
153. Sunniside (probably)
154. Taber park
155. Tergestea
156. Thornaby (possibly)
157. Thyra
158. Tidal (possibly)
159. Torchbearer
160. U 13 (probably)
161. Ui-001
162. Vae victis
163. Victorious
164. Warrenpoint
165. White lady
166. Wychwood (possibly)
167. Wyetown
168. Yarmouth
169. Yewkyle (possibly)
170. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: EL ARGENTINO

Length 129.8 meter, width: 17.5 meter, draught: 8.4, tonnage 6809 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1907 by sir j laing & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the british & argentianian s nav co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 470hp, single shaft. passage hull for london & buenos aires. in ballast. struck a mine laid by uc-1. attempt made to beach the vessel but a second exposion blew off the prop and rudder. tugs attempted to move the ship but a bulkhead collapsed and she sank.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 131 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7 MILES SE BY S FROM SOUTHWOLD. (WW1SL). 6 MILES SE BY S FROM SOUTHWOLD. (LLOYDS). H4282/26 14.10.26 INS NDW (1916)(PA) IN 521315N, 014700E. H2371/55 4.8.55 INS AS NDWPA. H4167/59 1.6.60 INS AS DW. NC 1543. H2002/52 9.11.61 EXAMINED 12.9.61 IN 521329N, 014725E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 61, FOUL AT 63FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 86 - 92FT. SCOUR DEPTH 14 - 22FT. MARKED SURFACE SLICK OBSERVED OVER WK. (HMS SCOTT, HI 105/61). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 1FT. LC 1543. H4629/71 21.12.72 DIVED. THOUGHT TO BE EL ARGENTINO BECAUSE OF LENGTH. BOW TO MIDSHIPS SECTION IS UPRIGHT BUT BADLY SMASHED. AFT SECTION LISTS TO PORT AND SMASHED THROUGHOUT LENGTH. SOME ENGINE ROOM MATERIAL AND PROP HAS BEEN SALVAGED. SEABED IS VERY SOFT AND BOW IS ALMOST COVERED. LIES 290/110 DEG. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS, 1972). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 21.1.93 LOCATED OUTSIDE AREA SURVEYED AND ONLY PARTIALLY EXAM'D. FORTUITOUS 'ON TOP' GAVE E/S DEPTH 19.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27 - 29MTRS IN 521332N, 014719.3E [OGB]. SCOUR DEPTH 34MTRS. TWO SONAR PASSES GAVE DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS, LENGTH 175MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 330/150 DEG. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBSERVED. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 546). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/564/01 11.8.93 EXAM'D 27.6.93 IN 521331.1N, 014723.5E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. DRIFT SWEPT (SHOALEST SECTION ONLY) CLEAR AT 17.2, FOUL AT 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 300/120 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND TO SW 17.2MTRS.

- NM 3019/93. HH090/616/01 5.1.95 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (GARDLINE, HI 616). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5213.551N, 0147.272E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 143.7MTRS, WIDTH 28.5MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 131/311 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 198.4MTRS, 12.64MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 016 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 18.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 13.551 N,1 47.272 E

 

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